page_title: Church penitentiary
hierarchical_section_title: Church penitentiary
caption_attribution_description: English: Alma Mansion is not a mansion in proportions, roughly the size of a pub. It is at the junction on Brent Street and Brent Green. This appears to be the entrance of the Alma White Centre. The following information is taken from the Barnet Council website at http://www.barnet.gov.uk/index/leisure-culture/libraries/archives/archives-histories/archives-hendonhistories/archives-hendon-brentgreen.htm&#160;: - "...a small gothic complex called the Alma White Centre. In 1893 the Rev W H Seddon, Hon Secretary of the Church Army, purchased a house called Fosters, in Brent Street with the intention of building 'a Rescue Home (for fallen women), with a Chapel attached'. The site became St Saviour's Homes, for "feeble minded" women in 1897. In 1926 it was taken over by the Pillar of Fire Society, as a bible college, school and chapel." Further investigation shows that No.19 Brent Street is the home of the Alma White Pre-School and that the Pillar of Fire Society has a chapel in the same complex of buildings a little further down the hill.
context_page_description: The original church penitentiary for the reclamation of fallen women was founded in 1806 in London, the most well known centre was set up by former British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone in 1848. Its aim was the convent-based rehabilitation of women, including prostitutes, thieves, the homeless, alcoholics etc. They were charitable organisations and not in place for the punishment of crimes.
  The Church Penitentiary Association existed from 1852 until 1951. There are records on the association in the Library at Lambeth Palace, the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury in London, and in the National Archives.
  These also have holdings on related societies such as the Navvy Mission Society, the Temperance Council of the Christian Churches the Church of England Council for Social Aid, the Band of Hope, and the Church Moral Aid Society.
  Rescue work for unmarried mothers:
  An example of a nonconformist institution of this kind is the Manchester and Salford Asylum for female penitents, Embden Place Greenheys.
context_section_description: The original church penitentiary for the reclamation of fallen women was founded in 1806 in London, the most well known centre was set up by former British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone in 1848. Its aim was the convent-based rehabilitation of women, including prostitutes, thieves, the homeless, alcoholics etc. They were charitable organisations and not in place for the punishment of crimes.
  The Church Penitentiary Association existed from 1852 until 1951. There are records on the association in the Library at Lambeth Palace, the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury in London, and in the National Archives. 
  These also have holdings on related societies such as the Navvy Mission Society (now Industrial Christian Fellowship), the Temperance Council of the Christian Churches (now the Churches Council on Alcohol and Drugs) the Church of England Council for Social Aid, the Band of Hope (1855–1990), and the Church Moral Aid Society (1852–1892).
  Rescue work for unmarried mothers: 
  An example of a nonconformist institution of this kind is the Manchester and Salford Asylum for female penitents, Embden Place Greenheys.
caption: Alma Mansion, Barnet, formerly St Saviour's Homes
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